...they used to play "whippin' piccadily" off bring it on....

Whoopsy...:}

// they've been givin heaps of airtime 2 hotel yorba

yeah but I'm not a big fan of that song, "Fell in Love With a Girl" is so much better.

Yeah Channel Z has got a new programmer. He's been there for about 3 weeks I understand. Used to programme ZM a few years back too.

Its great I suppose that Channel Z has adopted this whole White Stripes/Ryan Adams/Hives thing at the moment BUT no one has pointed out how much more ZM like on the other end of the scale ZM has become.

I have noticed a few songs (namely Fronteir Psychiatrist by the Avalanches and My Friend by Groove Armada, to name a few) that were being thrashed on ZM around October/November last year that have suddenly popped up on Channel Z.

Their format is more all over the place than ever before it seems to me. They've kept up the Eminem/Limp Bizkit/Sum 41 kind of stuff, mixed it with this alternative stuff and also mainstream pop.

Channel Z are trying to be underground with this whole White Stripes/Ryan Adams/Hives thing. "TRYING TO" is the operative word. If you want so-called "underground" and "understatedly hip", bFM is the only answer.

Channel Z is always trying to be something its not. ZM is a pop station. The Rock is a rock station. Classic Hits is easy listening. They are what they say they are. They might not be the coolest stations in the world BUT they don't try to pretend they are, such as Channel Z.

Don't get me wrong - some things about Channel Z are okay (James Coleman for one).

I have two questions - why reduce on of the best things Channel Z had going for it (the Ressurection Selection) to one hour on a Sunday? And, doesn't it seem like Channel Z are playing LESS kiwi music than before?

Stefan I know Ryan Adams isn't underground. But this is what Channel Z is trying to tell you all.

Like "we know these bands that you haven't heard of before and they're doing this whole credible songwriter thing therefore we are cool" thing.

Not saying these bands are great (I LOVE the White Stripes but hey I don't want to hear them on the radio) but Channel Z is TRYING far far too hard once again.

I know bFM isn't in Wellington, but I say if you want to hear so-called "underground alternative" shit listen to student radio, or just buy CDs.

This is a good point.

But don't you think that Stefan, when you drive along in your car and tune to Channel Z, that hearing in the space of half an hour Eminem then Pluto then Blink 182 then The White Stripes then Groove Armada then Andrew WK is like really really WRONG?

I mean hey, variety is the spice of life, but Channel Z is having this identity crisis that just won't end. Its got more split personalities than someone with lots of split personalities!

//Ryan Adams isn't "underground" just annoying.

oh pulease - this is starting to get silly - music is music is music is music ... the clean said it best with their second ep title - 'great sounds great, good sounds good, so-so sounds so-so'.

Now, I happen to like Ryan Adams, he writes a fine, if somewhat derivative song, and there ain't nothing wrong with that, but all this is starting to smell like 'i only like the early stuff - you know, when he was with whiskytown and before he became big, blahblah....'.

Maybe i'm mis-reading you stefan, it just gets me when people start wishing for wilfull obscurity so they can be the only ones on their block to like something cos' the others don't know about it yet. Most musicians want to get their sounds out there to as many people who'll like it - and what's wrong with that. Can we forget about the industry that sits on top of the music, and how they segment, copy, paste and subjugate the art of these people and just enjoy the music ...

come on - fess' up - there are plenty of artists whose new stuff (ie when they were no longer 'underground') is way better than their old stuff .... in my humble opinion - pre-Slanted & Enchanted Pavement were a fall/sonic youth rip-off, Paul Westerberg write beter stuff after he left the replacements, i think you can make a case for a more consistent gorgeousness from Mr Carter as Dimmer rather than as Straitjacket Fits (at least different, and maybe better?) ...

oh...puhlease. that ryan adams song, "new york" is the worst piuece of trite i have heard in my entire life. It has been CD of the week at least 3 times and someone is sucking serious radio cock to get that piece o shit played.
I cannot stand that song, i mean channel z play some crap songs, but what the fuck. He must have some fucking good PR people to give that song an underground rep. Give me bryan adams any day, i'd even rather hear "everything i do..i do for you" then "new york"

Noticed it had been given away quite a lot lately.

What is WITH Elton John in his video clip anyway?

Ironic though, playlisting them a couple of weeks after they've played their last gig for the forseeable future. Maybe they'll start spinning some Semi Lemon Kola too...

Not inferring, of course, that the Lambs and SLK are similar in any way. I shouldn't have even risked tarnishing the Lambs name by mentioning that older AK band in the same sentence. Sorry.

hmmm weta? maybe bands break up when they get played on Z - it's just becomes too much to take. maybe this is the real reason behind pacifier... hehehe..